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Age : The individual was a fairly young adult. 



Type : One of the most characteristic of the Neanderthal variety. 



Stature : Moderate, not perfectly vertical. 



Brain: Small, poorly developed anteriorly. 



Teeth and Jaws : Much stronger than modern. 



Musculature: Powerful, especially that of the neck and the jaws. 



Great Toe : Apparently opposable. 



NOTES AND CRITICAL REMARKS 



In 191 2, thanks to Dr. Martin, the writer was able to see, in Dr. 

 Martin's laboratory in Paris, the originals of the La Quina skeleton 

 discovered a year before. In 1921 he saw the child's skull in Dr. 

 Martin's laboratory at Peyrat. In 1923 he had the good fortune for 

 eight days to be the guest of Dr. and Mme. Martin at Peyrat, and to 

 participate in the exploration of extensive Aurignacian deposits on the 

 slopes of La Quina not far to the right of the Mousterian site. Finally 

 in 1927. thanks to M. Boule, he was able to glance once more over the 

 originals, both the adult and the child, now preserved in the Musee 

 d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Moreover, through the personal favor of 

 Dr. Martin he has been enabled tO' obtain excellent casts of most of 

 the remains as found, and of both of the reconstructed skulls. For 

 all of this he wishes once more to express his most grateful acknowl- 

 edgments. 



Dr. Martin (pi. 74) is one of the most persevering as well as 

 able workers in French prehistory. His summer chateau is near La 

 Quina, and for over 20 years, except during the war, he has spent most 

 of his spare time in the exploration of the deposits and in the cleaning, 

 repair, and study of both the cultural and the skeletal remains that 

 were recovered. Of the cultural and faunal remains there were vast 

 quantities, reaching into the hundreds of thousands ; yet every flint and 

 every fragment passed through Dr. Martin's hands and was ex- 

 amined, the only assistance obtained, outside of labor, being that of 

 members of his own family; and all this work at his own expense. 

 May Prehistory have more Henri Martins ! 



The deposits in the slope and terrace at La Quina, taking that name 

 in a broader sense, are still far from being exhausted, though as the 

 work extends beyond the confines of the large original Mousterian 

 site, the returns become much scarcer. It is not, however, impossible 

 that new industrial foci may be found in these slopes which extend for 

 a considerable distance along the face of the calcareous cliffs to the 

 southwest of the \^oultron. In 1922 considerable excavation was 

 carried on in the upper parts of the slope to the left of the Mousterian 



